Julia Tygel - the Art of Entwining Music

MPB stands for Musica Popular Brasileira (Brazilian Popular Music). Not very often you will see those two, MPB & Classical Music, hand in hand... when you do it is worth paying close attention to.

That is exactly the case with Julia Tygel, classical pianist and composer, who is about to launch a new CD entitled "Jºlia Tygel - Entremeados". Entremeados is a word in Portuguese that has to do with the entwining. And that is exactly what Ms. Tygel has achived with extensive research and years of hard work.

I met her and Adriana Holtz (Cello) at CPFL while they were performing. CPFL is an energy company in Campinas, Sao Paulo, that hosts many cultural projects. One is "Sarau Cultural no Cafe," a venue for new artists to perform and introduce their works.

Ms. Tygel´s classical music background entwined with an obvious influence by the best of MPB - Chico Buarque, Edu Lobo, Tom Jobim, among other big names - has made her very interesting to listen to and even study.

Julia is open to new experiences and has already been abroad, she performed in Marrakech (Morocco) in the International University Music Festival in 2009 and in New Your cafes as integrant in other bands.

Soon she will be in New York city and will perform there too. To follow her go to http://www.myspace.com/juliatygel so you may see her agenda and later the show for yourself.

Watch her performance here at:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/912889/epic_brazilian_pop_music_turned_classic.html?cat=33
In Campinas, SP with Vana Bock at the cello.

And
http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/767964/stop_and_listen_brazilian_pop_and_classic.html?cat=33